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Third day of the Summer School: Wednesday, June 8, 2010. The stars of the day have been Stephen Guerin and Owen Densmore. Their hands on demo on Agent Based Modeling convinced us all of the power of this technique. Not only to simulate behavior of ants, flocks or birds, but also to provide solutions for complex social and business problems.

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• • Category: 2. Complexity & System Thinking
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One of the main objectives of the Complexity Science Summer School is creating a professional network between the participants. And I must say that first contacts look very promising

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• • Tags: attractor, collective behavior, game theory, network science
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Returning to school for three weeks after 25 years in business .. it certainly is a bit unusual. But in the case of the Santa Fe Complexity Science Summer School, I strongly believe it will be more than worthwhile.

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In 2009 the think tank of the Royal Society of Flemish Engineers (KVIV) came to the conclusion that, in the today society, there exists a growing need to better understand the nature of complex systems, seen the rising importance of complex problems and challenges that face the world.

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• • Tags: complexity, mechatronics, wikinomics
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Last year we have witnessed several "extreme events" in the financial world. Large financial institutions - even the ones labelled 'too big to fail' - saw their shareholder value melt like snow in the sun. The CxO's of these institutions were totally uncapable of stopping the process. They could only undergo the extreme events. Complexity theory can help CxO's to understand and make sense of these events.

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Onze sociaaleconomische omgeving wordt regelmatig dooreen geschud door onverwachte gebeurtenissen. Telkens nemen politici en bedrijfsleiders brand-blus maatregelen. Niet efficiënt, noch effectief, meent de Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging (KVIV). Politici en bedrijfsleiders moeten leren omgaan met “complexiteit”.

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Daedalus interea Creten longumque perosus exilium tactusque loci natalis amore, 185 clausus erat pelago. "terras licet" inquit "et undas obstruat; at caelum certe patet; ibimus illac! Omnia possideat, non possidet aera Minos." Dixit et ignotas animum dimittit in artes naturamque novat. Nam ponit in ordine pennas, 190 a minima coeptas, longam breviore sequente, ut clivo crevisse putes

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• • Tags: complexity, turbulence
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